The 2017 tax cuts temporarily boosted the maximum child tax credit to $2,000 from $1,000. The House-passed bill makes the $2,000 credit permanent and also raises the maximum credit to $2,500 from 2025 ...

House Republicans passed a reconciliation bill that would significantly cut higher education funding and safety net programs that support parenting students.

The Senate advanced the Department of Education's top higher education policy nominee, Nicholas Kent, without a hearing. Here ...

The tax system can be a powerful tool to advance social and economic well-being for families with young children, yet every year, millions of Americans miss out. Tax credits like the Earned Income Tax ...

Devyani Singh is the Data and Strategic Impact Lead with the New Practice Lab at New America. She is a researcher focused on leveraging data and technology to help governments and markets work for ...

In higher education, it perfectly encapsulates the current methodology for funding public colleges and universities in most U ...

Laura Kupe weighs in on whether investment can trump decades of conflict and mistrust between Congo and Rwanda.

Jessica Dine, policy analyst for New America’s Open Technology Institute (OTI) and OTI’s Wireless Future Project, wrote an op-ed published by Tech Policy Press on how the Trump administration’s ...

Antoinette Flores is the Director of Higher Education Accountability and Quality in the Higher Education initiative at New America where she works to advance federal policies to increase ...

Sarah Sattelmeyer is the project director for education, opportunity, and mobility in the Higher Education initiative at New America. She manages New America’s work on student loan and engages in work ...